The Spanish government is urging an investigation into whether Lamine Yamal hired people with dwarfism for his birthday party.
The executive takes the controversy to the Prosecutor's Office and reminds that the law prohibits mocking or degrading shows.
BarcelonaLamine Yamal's controversial coming-of-age party has reached the Spanish government, which is asking the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate whether the disability law was violated by hiring people with achondroplasia, when the law expressly prohibits shows that mock or denigrate people with disabilities, following Pedro S.'s executive. the public complaint made by the Association of People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias with Dwarfism (ADEE), who has strongly condemned this practice precisely because it considers that it violates the dignity and rights of the group.
"It's not the first time we've seen this, and we know what these people do. The moment we saw the photos we knew what it was for," the same association denounced to the ARA. According to what the director general of the Rights of People with Disabilities, Jesús Martín, explained to Efe, the department headed by Pablo Bustinduy has requested clarification on whether people with dwarfism were denigrated at the party for the Barça athlete's 18th birthday, breaking the law, which does not establish sanctions, but which has been in place for almost.
Specifically, in the reform of the law that the Council of Ministers wants to approve this Tuesday, the Spanish government wants to regulate as a serious offense - with fines of between 600,000 euros and one million euros - shows similar to that of bullfighter bomber and, in general, the public exposure of a person based on their disability.
Concern for young people
The person in charge of Disability has expressed his concern about the fact that "a boy who has so many followers, influencer for young people," hold these types of parties, which can have "a rebound effect among youth." "We are concerned that people with money, people with power, believe they have impunity," lamented Jesús Martín.
Martín has assured that practices like this have been prohibited in Spain for almost three years and that Busten's ministry published in the media "The law is for everyone, both for the humble and the powerful."